Magento – Subcategory / Subcategories display images

We just had the problem, that for a Magento installation (Magento 1.6) thumbnails or. Gallery of the subcategories were not displayed, if you went in the main category.

By default Magento shows yes to all items, which are in the category of. But is now in the top category an image index display of all subcategories, This can with the following instructions (Thanks u.a. an Charford) be made:

1. You put a static block in the shop back in with the following parameters:

Blocktitel: Sub Category Listing
Page identifier: subcategory_listing
StoreView: Just all used where it
Status: Enabled
Content (Get off the best WYSIWYG Editor):

{{block type="catalog / navigation" template ="catalog/navigation/subcategory_listing.phtml"}}

2. Go to the appropriate category and the following settings in “Display Settings” make:

Display Mode: Only static block
CMS Block: Sub Category Listing
Is Anchor: No

3. A file named “subcategory_listing.phtml” Create and store them in the following folder
app / design / frontend /[base or default]/[IhrTemplate]/template/catalog/navigation/
the file should contain the following code:

<?php $_categories=$this->getCurrentChildCategories(); ?>
<br>

<div class ="category-products">
<?php $_collectionSize = $_categories->count() ?>
<table class="products-grid" id="products-grid-table">
<?php $i=0; foreach ($_categories as $_category): ?>
<?php if ($i  %3==0): ?>
<tr>
<?php endif ?>
<td>
<a href="<?php echo $_category->getURL() ?>" title="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_category->getName()) ?>">
<img src ="<?php echo $_category->getImageUrl() ?>" width="180" alt ="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_category->getName()) ?>" />
</a>
<h3 class="product-name"><a href="<?php echo $_category->getURL() ?>" title="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_category->getName()) ?>">
<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($_category->getName()) ?></a></h3>
</td>
<?php if ($i%3==0 && $the!=$_collectionSize): ?>
</tr>
<?php endif ?>
<?php endforeach ?>
<?php for($the;$i%3!=0;$i  ): ?>
<td class="empty">&nbsp;</td>
<?php endfor ?>
<?php if ($i%3==0): ?>
</tr>
<?php endif ?>
</table>
</div>
<br>

4. Copy the following file

appcodecoreMageCatalogBlockNavigation.php

and place it in this folder (if not available, Create)

appcodelocalMageCatalogBlock

Then open the copy in the latter folder and look for the following position (as. Line 125)

public function getCurrentChildCategories()
{
$layer = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer');
$category = $layer->getCurrentCategory();
/* @var $category Mage_Catalog_Model_Category */
$categories = $category->getChildrenCategories();
$productCollection = Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/product_collection');
$layer->prepareProductCollection($product collection);
$product collection->addCountToCategories($categories);
return $categories;
}

This area to replace with this code:

public function getCurrentChildCategories()
{
$layer = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer');
$category = $layer->getCurrentCategory();
/* @var $category Mage_Catalog_Model_Category */
$collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->getCollection();
/* @var $collection Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Mysql4_Category_Collection */
$collection->addAttributeToSelect('url_key')
->addAttributeToSelect('name')
->addAttributeToSelect('is_anchor')
->addAttributeToSelect('image')
->addAttributeToFilter('is_active', 1)
->addIdFilter($category->getChildren())
->setOrder('position', 'ASC')
->joinUrlRewrite()
->load();

$productCollection = Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/product_collection');
$layer->prepareProductCollection($product collection);
$product collection->addCountToCategories($collection);
return $collection;
}

Should it then caused a fatal error come by navigation.php, located on the “->joinUrlRewrite()” refers, then this line by

->addUrlRewriteToResult()

replace.

5. Finally, adjust the CSS file, to make everything look nice and good.

6. Something: By default, then additionally the category image displayed again in the respective category. Should not be the case, in the view.phtml in the folder /app / design / frontend /[base or default]/[IhrTemplate]/template/catalog/category as. in line 52 the range

<?php if($_imgUrl): ?>
<?php echo $_imgHtml ?>
<?php endif; ?>

Delete or comment out.

Now what is required for the display of images of course category, that these are also stored in the categories. These can be uploaded directly in the backend in the category.
Should the size of the images are adjusted, or in the subcategory_listing.phtml set the desired size. adapt.

If it still does not work now, in doubt under “Own design” Select the category has the required template.

Used in Magento Version 1.6.2.0. Comments, Suggestions, Ask? Gladly!